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Oatmeal Applesauce Muffin Recipe
One of the most popular posts on this blog are visitors coming back for my healthy Banana Oatmeal Muffin Recipe. It's been so fun to read the comments and see all the slight twists and variations that bakers across the country have made to my original recipe. I admit,...
Earning Money From Home: Valued Opinions $5/Survey
Having an entrepreneurial spirit, I love brainstorming opportunities to make money from home. There are many spammy "Make Money On-Line" companies, but Value Opinions offers a program to finish surveys for $5 per survey and up to $50 if you qualify for their...
Making the Ordinary, Extraordinary – Open Your Cabinets (31 Days)
When I think of making my home a haven, there are immediate impulses of redecorating, fluffing pillows, hanging beautiful pictures and just making things more cozy. Often, we overlook the easy and instantaneous ways that we can make the ordinary extraordinary without...
Free On-Line Budgeting Tool
As much as I tried to complete my budgeting posts before I went out of town, I didn't accomplish it. I'm speaking at a blogging Conference this weekend, and knew that filling the fridge with some food for my family needed to take priority.:) With my husband working...
The Dreaded “B” Word: Where Do I Start? (31 Days to More with Less)
For me, creating a budget is pretty similar to fingers on a chalkboard, my daughter "serenading" me over and over in my ear, spending money on underwear (what a waste), committing to workout with the "30 Day Shred" for....30 days and, well, you get the idea. Have I...
Laugh More! Laugh Loud! (31 Days to More with Less)
One thing I have learned in my old age, is that you have to be able to laugh at yourself. We all take ourselves way too seriously, and trust me, I can get awfully serious. In the midst of talking money and debt and mortgages and hunk 'o' junks...laugh. Laugh Hard!...
Ten Things I Love About You (free printable)
The power of words is an unbelievable thing. They cultivate a range of emotions. Words can inspire, encourage, devastate, uplift, tear down and ultimately change the direction of a person's day, week, and in some rare instances, their life. Be purposely intentional by...
ABOUT ME
As a mom of five blessings and full time family manager, Jen has learned to balance and embrace both the beauty and bedlam of every day life. Her practical, yet tangible, lifestyle ideas encourages others to open their eyes to a “living on less” mentality with hundreds of ideas on living a full life on less money.
She lives it, and invites you along for the journey.
